Of the Use of Riches, an Epistle to the Right Honorable Allen Lord Bathurst

first edition[ii], 20 pp. Folio

1733·London

by Pope, Alexander

London: J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver, 1733. First edition, second state. [ii], 20 pp. Folio. Disbound, uncut. Some edge-wear and browning at margins. First edition, second state. [ii], 20 pp. Folio. Pope's second Ethic Epistle or Moral Essay, on the corrosive practices of the new merchant class: "Trade may help, Society extend; / But lures the Pyrate, and corrupts the Friend." With the corrected reading of "ypon" changed to "yon" on p. 13, l. 13. Foxon suggests that this corrected state may represent a reimpression, though the erratum noting the error was not removed in the corrected copies. The error was evidently caught late in the press run, corrected copies being much less common than those with the error preserved. Foxon P923; Griffith 281. Provenance: Quartich (collation note at head of title and verso of final leaf)
(Inventory #: 308543)

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